The general motives for building an empire is as follows: to expand your territory, acquire more resources, acquire more raw minerals and materials, acquire more power, and dominate the world. The US, British Empire, Greeks and Romans are examples of each motive.
Because they have the power to do it. An empire id run by a powerful country in order to steal or acquire forcibly the labor and goods that are in fact the property of other countries
Prestige, Power, Money, Trade, Reactions to the growth of other empires, Accident and Ideology.
The Dutch Empire.
What area did the Dutch control
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By taking over the Persian Empire - ready made!
macht is the word for power in Dutch. This word represents strength in Dutch.
By conquering the Aztecs
They threatened and tried to drive Dutch out of New Netherland
They threatened and tried to drive Dutch out of New Netherland